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Fast Forward At least 1,300 French Jews have died of COVID-19
(JTA) — At least 1,300 members of France’s Jewish community have died of COVID-19, the country’s Jewish burial service said. The French chevra kadisha, the Jewish term for those who provide Jewish burial services, reported the figure this week after declining to disclose any numbers since the outbreak of the pandemic in France in March,…
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Fast Forward Paris Metro passengers stop anti-Jewish harassment
(JTA) – Passengers aboard a metro train in Paris stopped four Arab men from pursuing a Jewish man they were harassing over his faith, the victim said. The incident late Saturday night unfolded as the train approached the Jaures station in northeast Paris, the National Bureau for Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism, or BNVCA, reported Sunday. The…
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Fast Forward Can You Guess The Top 10 Countries By Jewish Population?
The Jewish Agency for Israel’s annual world Jewish population figures have been released, and they reveal that Jews continue to be spread throughout the world, although mostly concentrated in major countries. According to research by Hebrew University of Jerusalem professor Sergio Della Pergola, the global Jewish population in 2019 is 14.6 million. There are 175…
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Culture Acclaimed French Novelist Apologizes For Caricatures Denying, Mocking Holocaust
(JTA) — One of France’s most celebrated novelists 30 years ago published caricatures mocking the Holocaust and texts denying that the Holocaust happened. Yann Moix, whose first novel won the prestigious Prix Goncourt in 1996, apologized for his actions and suspended the promotion of his latest novel, “Orleans,” after the weekly L’Express last week published…
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Culture Q & A: Why The Citizens Of A French Plateau Saved Hundreds During The Holocaust
The windswept plateau of Vivarais-Lignon in south-central France has a history of remarkable acts of sacrifice. For centuries, its residents have taken in refugees. In the 16th century, the largely Protestant plateau sheltered its coreligionists during religious wars. Two centuries later, the population hid Catholic priests during the French Revolution’s anti-clerical Reign of Terror. In…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Denier Banned From France For 40 Years
After getting stopped on her way to France, a convicted Holocaust denier learned she is banned from entering the country for 40 years, The Jewish Chronicle reported. Alison Chabloz took to Gab, a social media platform popular among the so-called “alt-right,” to let her online followers know she had been “banned from entering France until…
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Fast Forward France Promised Not To Harm Palestinian Terrorists Who Killed Jews
(JTA) — France agreed not to target Palestinian terrorists who killed French Jews in Paris in 1982 if they refrain from carrying out further attacks on French soil, a former top spy revealed. Yves Bonnet, who headed the now-defunct DST service in the 1980s, said this in January to a judge investigating the 1982 attack…
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Fast Forward French Official Celebrates His Birthday With A Swastika Cake
A French city official recently turned 40, and in his honor was given a cake decorated with a swastika, Israel National News reported. The Simon Wiesenthal Center reposted the photo of Montpelier councillor Djamel Boumaaz’s cake: white with a graham-cracker-like bottom layer, candied-cherry border and a swastika drawn in the center with black icing. The…
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